Dick Gregory: Quotes about people

Dick Gregory was American comedian, social activist, social critic, writer, and entrepreneur. Explore interesting quotes on people.

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“Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and said: “We don’t serve colored people here.” I said: “That’s all right, I don’t eat colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken.””

Nigger: An Autobiography (1964)

“One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.”

“I personally would say that the quickest way to wipe out a group of people is to put them on a soul food diet. One of the tragedies is that the very folks in the black community who are most sophisticated in terms of the political realities in this country are nonetheless advocates of “soul food.” They will lay down a heavy rap on genocide in America with regard to black folks, then walk into a soul food restaurant and help the genocide along.”

Source: Dick Gregory's Natural Diet For Folks Who Eat (1973), p. 81